12 Days of Christmas: 2013 $50 Canada; HMS Shannon & USS Chesapeake
This is looking official enough of a #silvergoldstackers traditional challenge @silverd510 therefore, I will post a few but not all my top 12 items from my various different lists, for posterity. A short but sweet post 🎄
“Black birds tend to like shiny things.” ~ The Bloody Raven.
Starting from my own backyard of Canada, this big silver 5 troy oz. coin was inspired from relatively small confrontation in the world encompassing War of 1812.
The mighty Royal Navy took a back seat to the upstart small navy of her former American colony. The USS Chesapeake was 38 Gun heavy Frigate being smaller than her legendary 44 gun sister ship the USS Constitution. What she lacked in size, the Chesapeake was also built as robust as the Constitution and formidable compared to similar English frigates of that size.
The USS Constitution was in dry dock at the time and the USS Chesapeake was ready for service to take on the HMS Shannon as she continued to block the port’s entry.
The Newspapers even billed the event up akin to a gentlemen's honor duel that was taken in as a social spectacle by the public, a confrontation between two evenly matched frigates in Boston harbor. The home crowd cheers as their Chesapeake sails out to meet the English Shannon. What could possibly go wrong?
This epic 2013 coin is a part of the ‘War of 18🍁12 series.’ I have a related pair of proof specimens of the 2012 HMS Shannon $10 coins and happy to have them. I know @silverd510 has one of these slabbed for his high end collection.
I got to hold this large 2013 Shannon & Chesapeake coin at the local coin show in person but could not afford it’s hefty sticker price demanded for this magnificent piece. If I see it at the show again I may not be able to pass it up. I just hope the premium could come down some more. RCM products do tend to drop a good chunk of their premium after a certain number of years.
The picture just can’t show it well enough. It is wonderful to see this in hand, the fine detail can’t be duplicated on a One ounce sized coin, and the principle reason why this was destined to a 5 ounce sized coin and no less.
May you be blessed this Christmas my friends!
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Wow this is so brilliant and your handwriting looks like a font🥰
My real handwriting is not very good so I have developed this calligraphy as my new hand writing style that utilizes a different part of my brain. It has become a patient art that comes from an era when writing is literally an art form. Sprinkle some Neo-Victorian verbiage, dated colloquialisms and voila!
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That would be an amazing addition to your stack.
I imagine with a mintage of only 1500 it isn't easy to come by.
At 1500 pieces, Numista claims 1490 so perhaps someone at the mint dropped 10 accidentally. But they got to pay for those coin dies and coining costs somehow. There is one for sale at a Retailer but it is higher than the original issue price indicating that this coin very popular. Gasp. ☠️
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Hello, what a beautiful coin! I hope you can get a copy for yourself. I'm glad you're doing well, and I wish you a beautiful Christmas. 🎄
This is hard to find at a reasonable price. In fact the one I looked at was selling at a markedly higher price that what the Mint originally issued to the public in 2013. This has appreciated in numismatic value.
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Well, I just hope that someday you will be able to get your hands on an exemplar. Regards
The coin looks good
Stacking this is really a good idea
I love that!
Yes, but I'll have to try to convince myself spending a lot of cash for it.
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Sounds like an epic battle between USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon!😳
Brave souls in close combat!
Hope you get a chance to pick this up sometime in the future at a lower premium!
Merry Christmas @kerrislravenhill !🤗
While this may be a small battle in contrast to the scope of a world wide conflict, there was sense of something much more at stake than 'who wins'. Both sides demonstrated bravery, courage and performed to the best of what was expected in this seafaring form of chivalry. In the end, it was the superior training of the HMS Shannon's crew that made the difference.
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Amazing, sis! I hope your wishes all come true!
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It doesn't look like the selling price has come down at all, it's gone up from it's original issue price. There are other coins, the Wish list continues!
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"Th' THE SHANNON AND THE CHESAPEAKE, beautioos, beautioos!" 😉 -Keptin
Both are fine ships with good crews and no shortage of courage and bravery upon the call of duty. The Shannon's crew was better trained and experienced and that made the difference Keptin @joshuaslane
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Well that’s one hell of a coin there Kerris. Thanks for taking part.
I'll keep up best I can.
Beautiful! I may have to see if @silvertop can find one of those for me, lol! I hope you get your heart's desire and someone gifts you with this!
Thanks for sharing! Take care!🤗💜
And that's just the first coin on the list.
There are cheaper alternatives.
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I love the beauty of th handwriting I must confess
Thank you, I do practice this as a calligraphy style.
What a gorgeous coin with really great history to back! It will fit in perfect with your collection, too bad is a little expensive!
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Loving your handwriting! I wish I could still write that nicely. I had the best handwriting growing up but over the years, I sometimes can barely read it myself, lol.
That's a really nice coin you have on your list.. I hope someone grants your wish this year :)
I finally managed to buy some silver after months and months.. so you will be seeing me pop up here more often soon as I plan on buying every month.
Slow and steady though, these 5oz coins will probably not be within reach anytime soon, lol. Doesn't hurt to drool over the ones everyone here shares while I build a small collection.
It's a calligraphy styled adapted and adopted as my style of hand writing. Before my Nursing career I enjoyed studying old manuscripts, old navigational maps, cartographic documents, and sailing charts.
An exercise in patience and artistic impression.
Add some dated colloquialisms, some Victorian euphemisms and you think I'd be writing from another era.
I will look forward to seeing them.